The Historical Dance Society

Dr Anne Daye with HDS’s latest publication ‘Dances of the French Court’. Written and researched by Anne, the book and CD includes a collection of dances, their music and songs from the reign of François I (1515-1547) to that of the young Louis XIII in 1614.historicaldance.org.uk/product/dances…

We're delighted to say that bookings for this year's Renaissance summer school will soon be open. You can find more details on our website historicaldance.org.uk/summer-school-… In the meantime here's a flavour of last summer's "Strictly Victorian". youtu.be/aq5mUgJdenw?si…

Madeleine Inglehearn Funeral The Church of Our Lady of Grace & St Edward, 247 Chiswick High Rd., Chiswick, London W4 4PU, Friday 21 February 12 -1:30pm with the cremation at 4pm. In between there will be a finger buffet in the lounge at Homecross house.

It is great sadness we announce the death of Madeleine Inglehearn who died on Friday. Madeleine was a remarkable contributor to the study and appreciation of early dance and will be sorely missed. earlydancecircle.co.uk/madeleine-ingl…

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Congratulations to @Netflix & Meghan Markle for quickly hitting 100,000 dislikes on their trailer I guess Meghan has succeeded at being a perpetual FAILURE, the one thing she has always been good at 🤷🏻‍♀️

Happy New Year to all our followers! Sending you warm wishes for a year filled with dance, happiness and smiles. 🥂🎉🥳

Merry Christmas to all our followers! A big thank you for all your support! Here are a few Christmassy photos of London lights for you to enjoy.

Truly an honour!

Dracula (aka Simon Haskew ) paid a surprise visit to the @EarlyDanceCirc festival.

Meet Danzatori at @EarlyDanceCirc festival. Danzatori are a group of friends, all members of Hertfordshire Early Dance and the Historical Dance Society who meet regularly to dance together for fun.

They explored 2 different versions of 2 dances which appear in Carosos's Il Ballarino of 1581 & Nobilata di Dame of 1600 & challenged themselves to learn both versions. Il Canario is a huge favourite of theirs & provided a wonderful conclusion to their delightful performance.

The delightful Contretemps Academy (at the @EarlyDanceCirc festival) who presented an enjoyable selection of pieces they had been working on at Barbara Segal’s Sunday Baroque class in London.

This is Pastime at the @EarlyDanceCirc festival who welcomed us to the “Great House where a lavish wedding anniversary celebration is about to take place.” We were entertained by a joyous processional, formal dances, mini masque and a lively tourdion.

The Hampshire Regency Dancers at the @EarlyDanceCirc Festival who treated us to “Strawberrys and Cream”, “Ramsgate Assembly” and “Les Lancier”, the finale to John Duval’s 1817 “The Lancers” quadrille set.

A real treat! The exquisite Nobuko Yuasa dancing “ Suite in A minor by Gaspard Le roux” at the @EarlyDanceCirc Festival

And the fun continued at the Early Dance Circle Festival. These are the Harlequins from the Chalemie Summer School dancing Lully, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, A Dance for Harlequin.

Gloriana in their magnificent costumes dancing at The Early Dance Circle Festival today. @EarlyDanceCirc

Having fun at The Early Dance Circle Festival in Hereford. This is Renaissance Footnotes who presented “A Pastoral Delight”. There were even sheep!

We wish our friends @EarlyDanceCirc all the best for their Festival this weekend: The 41st Early Dance Circle Festival, 25-27 October 2024, at Hereford Town Hall. The full details are here: earlydancecircle.co.uk/wp-content/upl…

Just added a lovely video to Youtube of Sam Gosk, Ian Cutts, Birte Hoffman-Cabenda and Genevieve kergoat dancing the polka at Summer School 2024. youtu.be/s8L-ovKryDM?si…